POD OF THE WEEK This week Ill be telling you about Tara-Grace, the beautiful girl in our group cover photo. Although I usually only feature Pods looking for homes of foster places here, Tara-Grace is THE exception because this girls story is heartbreaking and stands representative for so many Pods in the kill shelters. We know most of Taras history because the kill shelter was given that information by per previous owner - no mystery here but a tale of utter contempt and indifference to another living, breathing, feeling being. When the doors to the notorious Gesser kill shelter opened for business that morning, a man was seen dragging a Podenca towards the entrance, handing her over to the member of staff at the door with the words that this must be the most useless doghe has ever wasted time and money on. The staff asked why he didnt want this beautiful, almost completely white dog anymore and were told that she didnt hunt and couldnt even give birth and look after a litter without falling ill. After questioning the hunter further, it came to light that the Podenca was only about 12 months old and had just had her second litter but that she couldnt suckle her babies because she had mastitis and, besides, she was flea ridden and wormy. He handed the rope to which she was tied to the staff, spat and walked away. Tara-Grace had landed in the most notorious kill shelter on mainland Spain. Being an owner surrender is just about the worst thing that can happen to a dog in a kill shelter. If the owner doesnt want the dog anymore, nobody has to wait till someone might come to claim her so her number can go straight to the top of the kill list. But the angels must have kept an eye on Tara that day - the staff (who, by the way, do their very best to help the dogs there) published her photos on FB and contacted several rescues direct. We were one of them and wasted no time but reserved her for us. When our volunteers arrived to take her on the long journey to our residency it became all too clear that Tara was simply not fit enough to spend hours in the car - she was still in milk, had mastitis, was riddled with external and internal parasites, she was emaciated and someone had splashed green paint all over her neck which had caused a severe skin reaction which she had scratched raw in places. She needed a safe place to stay, not too far away from the kill shelter and she needed to see the vet as soon as humanly possible. As luck would have it, our volunteers knew just the person who would look afterTara until she was well enough to travel to Zaragoza. Part two of Tara-Graces story will be told tomorrow - so please make sure you tune in!
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:47:51 +0000
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